Dispensing stand



Aug. 10, 1937.

' L. R. OLSEN 2,089,705

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2 Sheets-Sheet 2 L. R. CLSEN DISPENSING STAND Filed Sept. 23, 1936 Aug. 10, 1937.

Patented Aug. 10, 1937 means;

DISPENSING STAND Louis B. Olsen, Wesleyville, Pa., assignor to Erie Meter Systems, Incorporated, Erie, Pa., a corporation ofv Pennsylvania Application September 23, 1936, Serial No. 102,137

"7 Claims. (Cl. 22195) Dispensing stands such as are used for dispensing gasoline have been provided with sight flow indicating devices adapted to assure the operator and the purchaser of the continued flow of liquid to the dispensing nozzle. These have been variously mounted on the'apparatus; In the present invention I utilize the stand cap for mounting the indicating devices and provide the cap itself with the necessary passages to and The supporting projection 26 rests on the end of a lever 29, the lever having a slot through which the hook 25 projects. The lever 29 is pivoted at 3B and is connected by a link 3| with a lever 32. The lever 32 is connected by a link 33 with a switch operating arm 34 actuating a controlling switch arranged in the switch box 35, the switch (not shown) controlling the motor. These parts operate substantially as similar parts in stands from the devices. This simplifies the mounting in common use. 10 of the devices and simplifies the connecting When the nozzle is lifted off the hook the means to the devices. Features and details of dispensing valve is operated for filling by dethe invention will appear from the specification pressing the handle 24. As the nozzle is lifted and claims. off the hook, the lever swings through the gravity A preferred embodiment of the invention is ilforces of the lever 32 to close the switch, and this 19 lustrated in the accompanying drawings, as follifts the slotted end of. the lever 30. As the nozzle lows: is returned to the hook the lever 29 is depressed,

Fig. 1 shows a central section of the device on actuating the linkage described to open the switch. he line ll in Fig. 2. The top shown in Fig. 1 is represented in sec- Fig. 2 a side elevation of the top of the case. tion following the center of one of the passages 20 Fig. 3 an enlarged view of the sight flow indiin Fig. 6. The top is provided with an inlet cator on the line 3-3 in Fig. 2. opening 36 receiving the pipe l5. There is a com- Fig. 4 a section of the sight flow indicator on mon inlet passage |6a leading from the inlet the line 4-4 in Fig. 6. opening 36 which leads into branches I617. The

35 Fig. 5 a side elevation of the top cap. branches lead to upright passages I60. Return Fig. 6 a bottom view of the cap partly in secpassages [6d lead into the branch passages lBe, tion. and the branch passages converge into a common I marks the base, 2 uprights extending upwardpassage |6f leading to an outlet opening 31. A 1y from the base and secured to a top 4, the base sight flow cap receiving socket 38 is formed on top and uprights forming the frame for the stand. the top face of the top and receives a transparent 30 Amotor 5 is mounted in the frame. It has amosight flow cap 40. This cap is formed with tor shaft 5a driving a pulley 6. The belt 1 carflanges 4! which are secured by a screw-threaded ries the motion from the pulley 6 to a pulley 8. collar 42. The cap is arranged directly over the The pulley 8 is mounted on a shaft 8a which expassages Ific and Mid and therefore receives the tends o a pu p The p p charges to an flow of liquid through the branch of the passage 35 air eliminator ii. The air eliminator discharges through which it is attached. An indicating through a pipe l2 to a metering mechanism I3. member 43 has a hub 44 and downwardly ex- The pipe l5 leads from the metering mechanism tending blades 45. The hub has an opening 46 to a passage IS in the case top, a fluid indicator adapted to receive a post 41 extending from a par- I! being arranged in the passage. The passage tition 48 between the passages I60 and Hid. A 40 terminates in a fitting l3 w h s nnected by ball 49 is arranged between the bottom of the fi t 19 Wit a hOSe passage 46 and the end of the post reducing the The hose has the usual nozzle 2| provided with friction of the bearing, the member 43 being a dispensing valve 22. The valve has the stem journaled and adapted to rotate on the post.

5 23 in position to be operated by a handle 24, these While the blades as shown are circular in crossp r being a mon y constr ct d. A persection and referably conical shaped, the peforated hook 25 is carried by bracket 21. The culiar up and down flow of the liquid from the hook is adapted to receive a supporting projection passage I60 to the passage ltd rotates the mem- 26 on the nozzle, the projection being provided her 43 so as to attract attention and clearly in- 50 with a slot 25a for receiving the hook 25. With dicate a flow through to the nozzle. 50 the support in place on the hook, the handle 24 It will be noted that the flow indicator passages is back of the hook so that it cannot be operated are arranged in parallel, thus reducing the fricwith the nozzle in position and the perforation of tion losses over an arrangement in series. It the book y be utilized for eceiving a lock will also be noted that the passages for conlocking the nozzle n p ace. netting the sight flow indicators are all formed 55 in the top thus reducing very materially the fittings and assuring the sightliness of the stand as a whole.

What I claim as new is:

5 1. In a dispensing stand, the combination of a case comprising a top having a liquid passage therein; liquid moving means mounted in the case and having a liquid connection with the passage in thertop; a dispensing conduit leading from the passage; and a sight flow indicator leading from and to said passage.

2. In a dispensing stand, the combination of a case; a pair of sight flow indicators mounted on the case and differently faced with relation to the case; a conduit leading to and from the sight flow indicators in parallel; a liquid moving mechanism connected with the conduit; and a dispensing conduit leading from said conduit 3. In a dispensing stand, the combination of a case comprising a top having liquid passages therein, said passages being arranged in parallel and leading from and to a common inlet and outlet respectively; liquid moving means mounted in the case/said means having a liquid connec- 5 tion with the inlet to the passages in the top; a

dispensing conduit leading fromthe outletrpassage in the top, and sight flow indicators leading from and to said passages in parallel in the top. 4. In a dispensing stand, the combination of a case comprising a top having a liquid passage therein; having a sight flow indicator cap receiving socket communicating from and to said passage; liquid moving means mounted in the case,

said means having a liquid connection with the passages in the top; a dispensing conduit'leading from 'the passage; and a transparent sight flow indicator cap mounted in the socket.

5. In a dispensing stand, the combination of a case comprising a top having a liquid passage therein; having a sight flow indicator cap receiving socket for communicating from and to said passage; liquid moving means, said means having a liquid connection with the passages in the top; a dispensing conduit leading from the passage; a transparent sight flowindicator cap mounted in the socket; and a current actuated flow indicating means mounted in the cap.

6. A sight flow indicator having a transparent cap; a fiow indicating means having a bearing; upwardly and downwardly extending blades circular in cross section; and a conduit leading upwardly to and downwardly from said flow indicator.

7. In a dispensing stand, the combination of a case comprising a top having liquid passages therein, said passages including a common inlet passage, branch passages leading therefrom, openings adapted to lead from a branch passage, leading from said last mentioned openings to a common discharge passage; a sight flow indicator for each branch arranged over said openings; liquid moving means mounted in the case; a connection to the inlet passage; and a dispensing conduit leading from the discharge passage.

LOUIS R. OLSEN. 

